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when all american society was changing, becoming something radically different and she felt a burst of energy during the year. consider one poem she wrote that begins like this. revolution is upon systems rattle from. when the winds of will are stirred, excellences boom. in this stanza, she uses a natural advantage to eliminate a complicated social concept. she takes social revolution and juxtapose it with the image of a seed pod in winter. we've all seen dried up, waiting for spring rains and wind to break it open and spread the seeds to bloom in the following summer. the 17 words do a lot of work. now consider a tax that holds a prominent place in the american imagination. a well regulated militia being necessary to a well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state. the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. this is 10 words longer, 27 words, like the dickinson poem it doesn't explain. it suggests by using images. it evokes the image of a militia, that words that minister to important but ambiguous concepts. i'm the one hand a free state. on
when all american society was changing, becoming something radically different and she felt a burst of energy during the year. consider one poem she wrote that begins like this. revolution is upon systems rattle from. when the winds of will are stirred, excellences boom. in this stanza, she uses a natural advantage to eliminate a complicated social concept. she takes social revolution and juxtapose it with the image of a seed pod in winter. we've all seen dried up, waiting for spring rains and...
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there are other examples that extend into all of those areas, energy, health, the sky's the limit on what the value, i think, government data could bring to the average american. the other part of this is that by unlocking this data, by creating and opening this data, you suddenly create opportunity for private sector innovators and entrepreneurs to create new business models based on the data. so jobs of the future. you know, steel factories are going to convert into day factories as we think about the future of this country and where jobs get created, the value that can be created for the average american can extend into creating jobs and economic value. >> how do you reconcile this, these opportunities for all of this open, transparent data and allegations that the government is too secretive with some of the data it collects? >> guest: well, you know, the key tenet of all of our work here is really two major things. one is the administration is very much, you know, very focused on protecting americans and the american way of life, and there are certain, you know, certain aspects
there are other examples that extend into all of those areas, energy, health, the sky's the limit on what the value, i think, government data could bring to the average american. the other part of this is that by unlocking this data, by creating and opening this data, you suddenly create opportunity for private sector innovators and entrepreneurs to create new business models based on the data. so jobs of the future. you know, steel factories are going to convert into day factories as we think...
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indeed, our energy. headed up by our ambassador has looked very carefully at this and be glad to ask him to come up and brief the committee on what we're doing in this regard. lng works in some countries as a substitute in others it doesn't and as you point out the art a lot of domestic as well as international issues involved in deciding whether we're going to export our gas and the tremendous assets we have now discovered that we have. but if you think it is something worth pursuing. we are pursuing it, and would be glad to arrange a briefing for the committee on what works about this and wasn't as does k about this and how we could move afford and what are the considerations for it. we also agree that we need to keep pressing china, india, turkey, south korea and japan and small amounts of august ago to taiwan and we need to keep pressing. and we are, all of them, for reduction. but all 23 imported iranian oil have either a limited or significantly reduced purchases from iran and we are left with only
indeed, our energy. headed up by our ambassador has looked very carefully at this and be glad to ask him to come up and brief the committee on what we're doing in this regard. lng works in some countries as a substitute in others it doesn't and as you point out the art a lot of domestic as well as international issues involved in deciding whether we're going to export our gas and the tremendous assets we have now discovered that we have. but if you think it is something worth pursuing. we are...
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and it's a big planet, but that's a lot of energy. and is that energy that is disrupting the water cycle that central to life on earth, disrupting the stable pattern of climate and weather systems that had been in place since the first cities were built 9000 years ago. melting the ice and raising sea level. .. in fact, then, in that year when 20 million people were displaced from their homes,
and it's a big planet, but that's a lot of energy. and is that energy that is disrupting the water cycle that central to life on earth, disrupting the stable pattern of climate and weather systems that had been in place since the first cities were built 9000 years ago. melting the ice and raising sea level. .. in fact, then, in that year when 20 million people were displaced from their homes,
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that is a lot of energy. and it's that energy that is disrupting the water cycle that central to life on earth, disrupting the stable pattern of climate and weather systems that's been in place since the first cities were built 9,000 years ago driving out the land surface is an important regions including our own southwest and soon and our midwest. southern europe, southern africa, central america, the amazon. the list goes on. causing all of the extra water vapor to evaporate from the oceans into the warmer skies that hold much more creating a much larger downpours that trigger the kind of flooding that we saw in boulder colorado over the last few weeks and nashville, my home town, three years ago and in pakistan in that year when 20 million people were displaced from their homes further destabilizing the nuclear-armed fragile country. that list goes on. creating more fires. we've seen them in the west this year and our own country. we saw them in russia a few years ago leading to the removal of all grains f
that is a lot of energy. and it's that energy that is disrupting the water cycle that central to life on earth, disrupting the stable pattern of climate and weather systems that's been in place since the first cities were built 9,000 years ago driving out the land surface is an important regions including our own southwest and soon and our midwest. southern europe, southern africa, central america, the amazon. the list goes on. causing all of the extra water vapor to evaporate from the oceans...
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he also discusses the possibility of a government shutdown and its impact on energy programs. you can watch the interview on sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> the book tells a story. it tells a story of a nuclear weapons accident in arkansas in 1980 and i use that as a narrative as a way of looking at the management of nuclear weapons, really since the first one was invented and i hope to remind leaders that these weapons are out there. that they are capable of being used, and there is probably no more important things our government does in management. because these are the most dangerous issues ever built. and i think that the subject has fallen off the radar quite a bit. >> would you do not want to hear together, nuclear weapons and accidental detonation. eric schlosser during sunday night at 9:00 o'clock on "after words", part of booktv on c-span2. also this month, booktv's online book club is reading this town. get involved, post your comments 24/7 on facebook and twitter. >> remarks from the uk independence party leader. he addressed party members
he also discusses the possibility of a government shutdown and its impact on energy programs. you can watch the interview on sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> the book tells a story. it tells a story of a nuclear weapons accident in arkansas in 1980 and i use that as a narrative as a way of looking at the management of nuclear weapons, really since the first one was invented and i hope to remind leaders that these weapons are out there. that they are capable of...